COLUMBUS, Ohio ( WCMH ) — The former Ohio State quarterback facing drug charges after a traffic stop asked multiple times if troopers knew who he was before crack pipes were found in his jeans pocket.
Body camera footage released Thursday by the Ohio State Highway Patrol showed the stop troopers made of Art Schlichter, 63, who played for the Buckeyes from 1978 to ’81 and then in the NFL before later serving 10 years in prison for gambling-related crimes.
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Schlichter, who was on probation at the time of the stop, could be facing more prison time.
Troopers Brian Garloch and Andrew Chapman found Schlichter at about 4:20 a.m. on Feb. 2 near East Hudson Street and Hamilton Avenue in Columbus’ Linden neighborhood. The vehicle Schlichter was in was in the roadway but toward the right side. He had just run over what appeared to be an object that damaged his front right tire.
“I hit that thing right there,” Schlichter said. “It slashed my tire.”